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> Those things only happen to the extent that voters let them To be fair, the Achilles heel of democracy is that most voters are easily manipulated. Demagogy,
by ASalazarMX 5y ago
> Those things only happen to the extent that voters let them
To be fair, the Achilles heel of democracy is that most voters are easily manipulated. Demagogy, fake grass roots movements, infotainment, religion, gerrymandering, etc. Unless one of the small parties gets better at manipulation, USA will vote for two candidates of the same two parties forever.
- acdha 5y agoI'm not saying it's easy but we have had plenty of elections which came down to minor variations in turnout. If your message is “they're all the same, why bother?” you are not going to get people to turnout as much as “we can do this, here's how!” and since you know that there are billions of dollars pushing falsehoods it's pretty much certain that things will go a way you don't want in the absence of counterpressure.